Digging in to help

Pupils and teachers have rolled up their sleeves to help lay thefoundations for a new nursery and library at their school.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th May 2010, 23:50 BST
Updated 25th May 2010, 23:50 BST

Headteacher Sue Ratcliffe was joined by Annabelle Johnson, nine, and Ben Sinclair-Shaw, seven, at Bootham Junior School in Clifton, York, as they helped start building work due to take place over the summer holidays. It will provide the independent school with a new nursery, library and arts and craft area. There will also be more space for an expanding music department.

The school does not plan to increase its pupil numbers.

Ms Ratcliffe said: "Bootham has at its heart a Quaker ethos which puts great emphasis on really getting to know each child and creating an atmosphere of positivity and optimism. The children do so well, because we know them so well."

This school year has also seen the opening of a new recital room – based in a 200-year-old ballroom that was found by workers who refurbishing Bootham's Georgian townhouses.

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